The discount travel service SunJet International, based in Smyrna, Ga., canceled all its flights without explanation, leaving ticket-holders without rides to a half-dozen cities. A recorded message on SunJet's toll-free telephone line said it also is no longer taking reservations and promised would-be passengers a refund within seven days. The company's Web site still advertised charter flights connecting Detroit and Newark, N.J.

The discount travel service SunJet International, based in Smyrna, Ga., canceled all its flights without explanation, leaving ticket-holders without rides to a half-dozen cities. A recorded message on SunJet's toll-free telephone line said it also is no longer taking reservations and promised would-be passengers a refund within seven days. The company's Web site still advertised charter flights connecting Detroit and Newark, N.J.

Sunjet International begins its expansion at Long Beach airport today by offering free flights for passengers traveling to Las Vegas and Seattle. After today the tickets will cost $49 and $79, respectively. "I assume the planes will be full at that price," said airport manager Chris Kunze. An airline service company that contracts with airlines, Sunjet offers flights to Dallas and plans to add flights to Newark, N.J., and Houston in November.

Sunjet International begins its expansion at Long Beach airport today by offering free flights for passengers traveling to Las Vegas and Seattle. After today the tickets will cost $49 and $79, respectively. "I assume the planes will be full at that price," said airport manager Chris Kunze. An airline service company that contracts with airlines, Sunjet offers flights to Dallas and plans to add flights to Newark, N.J., and Houston in November.

SunJet International will begin offering flights from Long Beach to Seattle and Las Vegas in October, boosting total daily flights at the city's airport from 15 to 20 immediately, and possibly to 25 by year's end, officials said. SunJet officials say they plan to offer two flights a day, six days a week, to Seattle. The airline will offer one flight a day, four days a week, to Las Vegas. In November it will begin daily flights to Newark and Houston, officials said.

SunJet International, a charter company flying from Long Beach Airport, has announced it will suspend its flights to and from Seattle and Las Vegas while it searches for aircraft that meet the city's noise regulations. "We voluntarily decided to cut back operations," said SunJet spokesman Hank Ernest. "We had 28 violations in September and the City Council was concerned."

This column is devoted to nine airlines with names you may not recognize. None of them will take you to London in luxury (or at all). None has hourly shuttles between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Most offer only coach class, and service and frequent-flier benefits tend to be minimal.

SunJet International will begin offering flights from Long Beach to Seattle and Las Vegas in October, boosting total daily flights at the city's airport from 15 to 20 immediately, and possibly to 25 by year's end, officials said. SunJet officials say they plan to offer two flights a day, six days a week, to Seattle. The airline will offer one flight a day, four days a week, to Las Vegas. In November it will begin daily flights to Newark and Houston, officials said.